Tuesday, 8 December 2015

FORTH ROAD BRIDGE UPDATE & AFTER EFFECTS OF STORM DESMOND

Stagecoach have been remarkably quick and able to muster staff and buses from around the empire to ease the problems, and deserve full credit for their efforts.

From the Stagecoach website

What alternative arrangements will be in place?

We are providing an additional 33 vehicles operating as park and ride
services from Halbeath P&R and Ferrytoll P&R - this provides
around 11,000 extra seats per day with buses operating up to every 10
minutes at peak times.

Please allow extra time for your journey however with certain bus
priority measures in place on the A985, your journey should be quicker
than taking the car.

Travelling to Edinburgh

Express City Connect Services in Fife will continue to operate to
their normal routes until Halbeath P&R, Ferrytoll P&R or
Dunfermline bus station (depending on where the route would normally
reach first on the way to Edinburgh.) Customers will then be transferred
onto dedicated services running to and from Edinburgh via the
Kincardine Bridge and Ratho, then travelling to Barnton serving all
normal stops from Drum Brae onwards, into Edinburgh.

These routes represent all journeys heading towards Edinburgh from
Halbeath P&R / Ferrytoll P&R / Dunfermline bus station and will
operate as direct a route as possible.

For those intending to use the train to reach Edinburgh, route 747
will provide a regular link between Halbeath P&R and Inverkeithing
rail station, and Ferrytoll P&R and Inverkeithing rail station,
therefore providing additional parking capacity for people using rail
services. Local services will continue to provide bus links to
Inverkeithing rail station as per their normal timetables, but all
services will be using the stop for the rail station on Chapel Street,
Inverkeithing (as not all vehicle types can use the turning circle at
the rail station). The journey between Inverkeithing Rail Station and
Ferrytoll P&R will be free to all users on Stagecoach services.

Focus comment:Who knows, maybe some good will come of this difficult situation and convert car drivers to use public transport instead in the future.

And finally

One of the routes concerned is the X58 which on the 7th was operated by a Megabus coach assigned to one of the Stagecoach in Chesterfield drivers.

CUMBRIA & LANCASHIRE FLOODING

Once
again the Stagecoach depot in Carlisle has suffered from serious
flooding. Many areas of Carlisle are affected by the floods and as a
result the Stagecoach website gives the following information about
their services and the severe nature of the damage and disruption.

"Due to severe flooding across Cumbria and North Lancashire there will
be continued disruption to bus services on Tuesday 8th December. Below
is an outline of what will be running. Please be advised that
this is subject to a review and could change.

Carlisle

Due
to severe flooding in Carlisle over the weekend all town services
continue to suffer significant disruption. Our depot at Willowholme has
experienced major flooding and therefore access to certain areas of the
city remains impassable.

We
are looking to run city services to all areas of Carlisle but
diversions in place will mean that we will not be able to stick to
scheduled timetables..

Out of town services

Out of town services will not be able to serve many city centre stops please catch your bus at the bus station.

Service
79/179 will run normal timetable but will use the M6 between Carlisle
and Kingstown Roundabout and then back onto the A7. Service 79 is being
diverted via the A75 and will not serve Cummertrees. Delays are expected
so please allow extra time for your journey.

Service 80 will run as normal.

Service 104 normal timetable

Service 300 normal timetable.

Service 400 normal timetable but diverted within the city.

Service 600 normal timetable.

685
will now run between Carlisle and Hexham but will run to Brampton via
the M6 and the A689 Airport Road. It will not serve Warwick Road, Scotby
Road End or Warwick Bridge.

Services 71 and 93 will not run.

City Services

There
will be no city services before 6am and we will finish running on these
services at 7pm. There will be no cross city services.

61 City to Harraby East will run normal route with delays.

60 City to Carleton Clinic will run normal route with delays

67 City to Upperby will run normal route with delays.

76 City to Durranhill will operate via London Road and Eastern Way with delays.

69 Holme Head to Eden Town will not run.

To
the north of the city one service will cover St Anns Hill, Lowry Hill,
Kingstown ASDA, Kingstown Road and the entrance to Kingmoor Park. Buses
will stop at all stops to pick up passengers and use the M6 to get back
to the city centre.

Sandsfield
Park, Raffles, Belle Vue and the Hospital will all be served by one
route with extended journey times. All usual stops in these places will
see a service.

Morton Park and Morton West will be served by one route with extended journey times all usual stops will be served.

Please be patient, we aim to have services up and running as soon as possible.

All city services will depart from Devonshire Street and Carlisle Bus Station until further notice.

All school services across Cumbria and North Lancashire will run if the school is open.

Kendal

All services will run with the following exceptions.

The A591 between Grasmere and Thirlmere has been partially washed
away. Service 555 will now run between Grasmere and Lancaster and we
will have a shuttle service between Kendal and Penrith Railway Station
via the M6 to make connections onto the next available X4/X5 service to
Keswick. This will depart at 10 minutes past the hour.

Kendal Town Services

Service 505 and Service 516 will be assessed first thing Tuesday 8th.
We intend to run these services but we need to evaluate in the morning.Service 552 will run but it will not serve Hincaster, Sedwick or Natland. It will run the same route as the 551.Kendal College services 502 and 506 will run but 502 may have to be diverted from normal route between Sedbergh and Kendal.North LakesThe 78 and 508 services will not run.BarrowAll services will run as normalWest CumbriaAll services will run as normal except.Service 47 will divert from Washington Street and will operate via NorthsideService X4 and X5 will run running between Workington and Penrith.
For services towards Penrith and Workington, the route into Cockermouth
will go via Low Road and Gallowbarrow. In to Keswick the route will run
off the A66 onto Penrith Road. Until we are able to access Keswick Bus
Station, this service will pick up along the A5271 Penrith Road.Service 300 is running through to Carlisle but will divert via Dalston Road when it reaches Carlisle.Service 600 will run as normal.LancasterThe Greyhound and Skerton bridges are both now open so our services
can now get into and out of Lancaster. We still cannot access Lancaster
Bus Station so services will call at Dalton Square and Common Garden
Street instead. Otherwise most services will run as normal. Our team
will be on hand to direct you to the right stop.All schools school services will operate if the school is open.Service 40/41 is running between Common Garden Street and Preston Bus
Station. All journeys will call at The University in both directions.Service 42 is running between Common Garden Street and Catterall and
then via M55 to Kirkham and then normal route from Windy Harbour. We
will assess the normal route early tomorrow to see if we can resume
this.Service 81A will not be operating via Gressingham Bridge."https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-07/12/2015-18:33:25:610

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